Ephesians 5:26
that he might sanctify it, purifying it in the laver of water by the word,
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
In Context
25Husbands, love your own wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Cross References
John 15:3Ye are already clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
John 17:7Now have they known, that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are from thee.
Acts 22:16And now why delay? arise, to be baptised, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:11Yet such were some of you: but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:22-33
Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 61.) 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might… Read the whole commentary →